Nobel laureate Ohsumi urges youth to ask fundamental questions
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, who won this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his study on cell recycling, encouraged young people Wednesday to pursue fundamental questions, however "naive" they may appear. The 71-year-old honorary professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology made the ...
Nobel laureate Ohsumi wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, the prize foundation said Monday. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation, launched by the founders of companies including Facebook Inc. and Google Inc., honored ...
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for explaining the processes whereby proteins are degraded and recycled.
Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel for unlocking key mysteries of autophagy, the process by which cells in animals and plants get rid of damaged proteins.
The government is putting too much emphasis on short-term scientific research that is expected to produce quick results and commercial benefits.
Nobel winner Yoshinori Ohsumi urges investment in science
When microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi told his wife, Mariko, that he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday evening, she didn't believe him. Her mischievous, sake-loving 71-year-old husband often teases her by telling an innocent lie. "I thought he was trying to fool ...
Members of the Cabinet on Tuesday hailed Yoshinori Ohsumi for winning the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine and vowed to continue support for high-level research. "The government will further strengthen its efforts for the sustained creation of innovation, a source of potential growth in ...
Japan's newest Nobel laureate, Yoshinori Ohsumi, touts importance of fundamental research
Yoshinori Ohsumi, winner on Monday of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, never dreamed that his study of yeast would someday "serve any practical purposes" when he started it alone 28 years ago. But he never doubted the importance of such fundamental scientific studies, ...
